Hospital ventilation simulation for the study of potential exposure to contaminants

Building Simulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-20

  Balocco, Carla ^a  

^a Department of Energy Engineering Sergio Stecco ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; HVAC; Isolation rooms; Transient simulation; VAV plant; Ventilation; Virus diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051997558     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-011-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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